ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55562
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 October 1980 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XV792 |
| MSN: | 712042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh (GUT/ETUO) |
| RAF Gütersloh (G) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed after a technical defect - an uncontrolled roll developed - when coming into a hover approach
at RAF Gütersloh, West Germany. The subsequently RAF/MoD Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the crash to failure of an aileron control linkage rod.
The pilot ejected at 100 feet AGL, and 80-90 degrees of bank, but was killed
Sources:
MOD MAAS (archived) - http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121026065214/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/352C1AD6-A66A-4AF1-9DB8-AE562722C47D/0/maas80_18_harrier_gr3_xv792_14oct80.pdf
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19801014_xv792.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%202389.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
Spotting Group Gütersloh - http://web.archive.org/web/20171027114502/http://sg-etuo.de:80/Main/EDUOCrashs (German Text)
Halley, James J (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2011 23:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2011 00:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 08-Apr-2013 17:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2013 13:23 | Chr. Hölscher | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 05-Jan-2018 20:17 | MC | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 20:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:06 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 11:09 | stehlik49 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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